Between the Rage and Fear
I spent yesterday in the hospital with my son, who had overdosed on heroin. I’d found him that morning unconscious …
Category Archives: Family
True Ghost Stories, Part V – A Demon on My Chest
Have you ever awoken from sleep to find yourself paralyzed with fear as something dark and evil sitting on your …
True Ghost Stories, Part IV – Resident Evil: In the Belly of the Beast
We felt so fortunate. Dale had a job in San Francisco that summer, and his Uncle who lived nearby asked …
True Ghost Stories, Part III – When the Dead Refuse to Leave
My continuing series of True Life Ghost Stories to celebrate Halloween. My grandmother Margaret had a hard life. Widowed in …
True Ghost Stories, Part II – Attack of the Poltergeist
It’s a blessing I think now that I never knew as a child that a woman whose blood still stained …
True Ghost Stories, Part One – Growing Up in a Haunted House
As Halloween draws near, I will be posting a series of true life tales about the hauntings, ghosts, and demons I …
13 Ways of Looking at Dying, Just Before, and the Moment After
This is the title of a short story I wrote that was published in the Fall Issue of Cobalt Review. …
“Rider on the Storm” – My Wild Child, My Son
Recently I posted a tribute to my daughter on her wedding day, and as I wrote it, I wondered about …
